File:"Mamlouk, et hussard republicain",- General result of Buonaparte's Attack upon Ibrahim Bey's Rear Guard. (BM 1868,0808.6830).jpg
Original file (1,600 × 1,084 pixels, file size: 460 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary[edit]
"Mamlouk, et hussard republicain",- General result of Buonaparte's Attack upon Ibrahim Bey's Rear Guard. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist |
Print made by: James Gillray
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Title |
"Mamlouk, et hussard republicain",- General result of Buonaparte's Attack upon Ibrahim Bey's Rear Guard. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: A French hussar on a sorry horse flees before a well-mounted Mameluke (cf. BMSat 9272), with a sabre in each hand, who rides him down. The Frenchman (left) turns in his saddle to hold out defensively a sabre whose blade is inscribed 'Vaincre ou Courir'; he spurs his horse viciously. His enemy rides in heel-less slippers, one rein in his teeth, the other on the horse's neck, two pistols on cords fly out behind him. The expressions of the horses reflect those of their masters: abject terror and fierce confidence. 12 March 1799
Hand-coloured etching |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people | Associated with: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1799 date QS:P571,+1799-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Current location |
Prints and Drawings |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
1868,0808.6830 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) See BMSat 9355, &c. The print probably satirizes a passage from a letter on the retreat of Ibrahim Bey from Cairo to Syria: 'on l'a poursuivi inutilement; on a néanmoins atteint son arrière-garde, qui s'est supérieurement battu, et qui ne s'est pas laissé entamer, de sorte qu'on l'a laissé continuer tranquillement sa route.' 'Copies of Original Letters . . .', Part ii, p. 180. Grego, 'Gillray', p. 257. Wright and Evans, No. 226. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. Listed by Broadley. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6830 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
Licensing[edit]
This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
This tag is designed for use where there may be a need to assert that any enhancements (eg brightness, contrast, colour-matching, sharpening) are in themselves insufficiently creative to generate a new copyright. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag. Note: This tag applies to scans and photocopies only. For photographs of public domain originals taken from afar, {{PD-Art}} may be applicable. See Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag. |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 07:08, 10 May 2020 | 1,600 × 1,084 (460 KB) | Copyfraud (talk | contribs) | British Museum public domain uploads (Copyfraud/BM) Satirical prints in the British Museum 1799 #3,786/12,043 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Orientation | Normal |
---|---|
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 |
File change date and time | 16:29, 1 August 2006 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |